Grand Prix - 4130
The Grand Prix™ chair is a chair with graphic edge. It
was introduced at the Designers’ Spring Exhibition at the Danish Museum of Art
& Design in 1957. Later that year, the chair was displayed at the Triennale
in Milan where it received the Grand Prix, the finest distinction of the
exhibition. The celebrated chair comes in both a steel or wood base and can be
customised through a series of colours, wood types and upholstery. Wooden legs
are angled smoothly outwards in this design, mimicking the steel legs of
Jacobsen’s other plywood chairs. This is one of the few Arne Jacobsen chair
designs with wooden legs. Remember that the Grand Prix chair with wooden legs
is not stackable.
About Designer | |
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Arne Jacobsen |
Arne Jacobsen was born on February 11, 1902 in Copenhagen. His father, Johan Jacobsen, was a wholesale trader in safety pins and snap fasteners. His mother, Pouline Jacobsen, was trained as a bank clerk and often painted floral motifs in her spare time. The family lived in Claessensgade, Copenhagen in a typical Victorian style home. Maybe that is why Arne, as a child, painted the coloured wallpaper in his room white, as a contrast to his parents’ overly decorated taste. |